Register to win $33,000
Parsons Advocate July 2011
Teams should register now for the 2011 Tucker Community Foundation Run For It. Participants are vying for more than $33,000 in race day grant awards; the largest purse since the program started in 2007. More than 30 prize cash prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the 2k/5k walk and run scheduled to take place in Davis 11a, Saturday; Sept. 24 in conjunction with Leaf Peepers Festival.
Cash awards and race proceeds benefit a wide variety of community causes (nonprofit organizations, educational activities, youth, cultural organizations, the arts, parks and recreation, animal welfare, libraries and literacy programs, civic organizations and projects, emergency services, hospital and medical programs, senior citizens, environmental causes, historic preservation, and other charitable causes within Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph and Tucker Counties, WV and Garrett County, MD). Funding for awards is provided by Tucker Community Foundation with Match Donor support from area businesses and individuals.
Anyone can enter and join any team. Teams are listed on the Foundation website as they register. Joining a team is not required to participate; individual effort is also recognized.
Call Tucker Community Foundation (304-478-2930) for more information. Visit www.tuckerfoundation.net to download Event Packets and Entry Forms. The first 300 to register are eligible for a free t-shirt.
Canaan Valley Resort and Best of Canaan are offering lodging discounts for out-of-town participants.
